頭蓋骨

See also: 头盖骨

Chinese

		skull; cranium; red cloth or gauze kerchief for a bride	bone
trad. (頭蓋骨)		頭蓋	骨
simp. (头盖骨)		头盖	骨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóugàigǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄍㄞˋ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ goi³ gwat¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thâu-khak-kut

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóugàigǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄍㄞˋ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóugàigǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²-kai⁴-ku³
    • Yale: tóu-gài-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourgayguu
    • Palladius: тоугайгу (tougajgu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ kaɪ̯⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau⁴ goi³ gwat¹
    • Yale: tàuh goi gwāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ goi³ gwat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ goi³ gued¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ kɔːi̯³³ kʷɐt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-khak-kut
    • Tâi-lô: thâu-khak-kut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tau'qakkud
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² kʰak̚³²⁻⁴ kut̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² kʰak̚⁵⁻²⁴ kut̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰau¹³⁻²² kʰak̚³²⁻⁵ kut̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰak̚³²⁻⁴ kut̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰau²³⁻³³ kʰak̚³²⁻⁴ kut̚³²/

Noun

頭蓋骨

1. (anatomy) cranium; braincase

Synonyms

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• 腦殼 / 脑壳 (nǎoké)
• 頭殼骨 / 头壳骨 (Hokkien)
• 頭碗骨 / 头碗骨 (tàu-uāng-gók) (Eastern Min)
• 頭骨 / 头骨 (tóugǔ)
• 顱骨 / 颅骨 (lúgǔ)

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
頭	蓋	骨
とう Grade: 2	がい Grade: S	こつ Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) とーがいこつ [tòógáꜜìkòtsù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ːɡa̠iko̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

頭(とう)蓋(がい)骨(こつ) • (tōgaikotsu) 

1. (anatomy) skull, cranium

Synonyms

• 頭骨(とうこつ) (tōkotsu)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
頭	蓋	骨
ず Grade: 2	がい Grade: S	こつ Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ずがいこつ [zùgáꜜìkòtsù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [d͡zɨɡa̠iko̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

頭(ず)蓋(がい)骨(こつ) • (zugaikotsu) ^{←づがいこつ (dugaikotu)?}

1. (anatomy) skull, cranium

Usage notes

ずがいこつ is the more common pronunciation in practice, compared to とうがいこつ.